Rebecca Thompson — a French teacher and researcher from Buffalo, New York
Zach Knecht — a law clerk originally from Spring Hill, Florida
Prasad Patil — an assistant professor of biostatistics from Burlington, Massachusetts (whose 1-day cash winnings total $35,600)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Prasad | $5,200 | $11,400 | $13,400 |
$9,999
2nd place: $3,000 |
$11,200
22 R (including 1 DD), 4 W |
| Zach | $800 | $2,000 | $8,400 |
$13,401
New champion: $13,401 |
$10,400
16 R (including 1 DD), 5 W (including 1 DD) |
| Rebecca | $600 | $2,200 | $3,800 |
$3,300
3rd place: $2,000 |
$3,800
10 R, 2 W |
| THE 20th CENTURY | FICTIONAL FEMALES | PROPOSITIONAL PHRASES | WRITING MATERIAL | 5, 5 | SECOND CHANCE QBs |
|
$200
[25]
This news magazine was first published in March of 1923 with former speaker of the House Joseph G. Cannon on the cover
Time
Zach
|
$200
[23]
This loyal friend's original last name was going to be Puckle until it was changed to Granger
Hermione
Prasad
|
$200
[29]
Are you this brand of marker used by Terrell Owens to sign a football during an end zone celebration? 'Cause you're extra fine!
a Sharpie
Zach
|
$200
[30]
A letter can be as tall as one mile & take 90 seconds to create in this form, where the writing material is the ether
skywriting
Prasad
Zach
Rebecca
|
$200
[28]
The Cleveland Clinic says the heart is one, meaning you can't survive without it
a vital organ
Prasad
Rebecca
|
$200
[14]
(Glen Powell presents the clue.) A star at great, great, great grandpa Brigham's University, Steve Youngwent 3-16 in Tampa before finding gold out West & going 91-33 with this team
the 49ers
Prasad
|
|
$400
[24]
October 1967's March on this Virginia building was a major event in the opposition to the Vietnam War
the Pentagon
Prasad
|
$400
[11]
Married to a minor aristocrat injured during World War I, she soon ignites new passions in a 1928 novel
Lady Chatterley
Zach
|
$400
[26]
Let's rearrange the alphabet & put these letters, the 21st & 9th, right next to each other
U & I
Prasad
|
$400
[16]
Near extinction in the Nile Delta, this plant has been used as writing material for some 4,000 years
papyrus
Prasad
|
$400
[27]
This hyphenated rhyming phrase can refer to a sexual dalliance or to unethical behavior
hanky-panky
Rebecca
|
$400
[5]
(Glen Powell presents the clue.) With the number one pick in 2016, the Rams took Jared Goffbut traded the QB just five years later; in 2024, Jared was metaphorically biting kneecaps off like Coach Dan Campbell requested, restoring the roar to this team & leading them to a 15-2 record
the Detroit Lions
Zach
|
|
$600
[7]
Canada's firstPMof this name invoked the martial law-like War Measures Act during the 1970 crisis of Quebec separatist activity
Trudeau
Prasad
|
$600
[8]
Ursula K. Le Guin's "Lavinia" retells the story of this work by Virgil, but from the wife's point of view
the Aeneid
Prasad
|
$600
[22]
As said to Ginger Rogers in a 1942 film, why don't you get out of that wet coat & into a dry this drink?
a martini
Prasad
|
$600
[17]
IWB for short, an interactive this is a "colorful" name for a smart display used in schools
a white board
Prasad
|
$600
[15]
This caramel lollipop was called Papa Sucker when it was introduced in 1925
a Sugar Daddy
Rebecca
|
$600
[4]
(Glen Powell presents the clue.) Released by the Patriots, supposedly too small Doug Flutiewon three Grey Cups & was the Most Outstanding Player in this league six times; Doug even came back to the Pats& made the NFL's first successful dropkick since 1941
the CFL
Prasad
|
|
$800
[3]
A coup in this nation in 1932 resulted in a constitutional monarchy & the end of the absolute rule of Rama VII
Thailand
Prasad
|
$800
[9]
Lenina Crowne, an upper-caste hatchery worker, is a character in this dystopian work
Brave New World
Prasad
|
$800
[21]
Let's do this, a 3-word phrase first recorded on Twitter in 2009, & I don't really care if the streaming service is working or not
Netflix & chill
Rebecca
|
$1,000
[20]
This rock often used as the material for chalkboard menus at a hipster restaurant shares its name with an online magazine
slate
Zach
|
$800
[13]
Barrelman is another name for this performer who keeps the crowd entertained & bullriders safe
a rodeo clown
Prasad
|
$800
[1]
(Glen Powell presents the clue.) A labrum tear, rotator cuff damage & a dislocated shoulder--I can see why the Chargers letthisQB walk, buthewent on to win a Super Bowl & be a virtual lock for the Hall of Fame after signing with the Saints
Drew Brees
Prasad
|
|
$1,000
[6]
Born Angelo Roncalli, he became this pope in 1958, embracing openness & change in the church & convening the Second Vatican Council
John XXIII
Zach
|
$1,000
[10]
The daughter of a judge, this new girl in town has Tom falling for her at first sight
Becky (Thatcher)
Rebecca
|
$1,000
[12]
Come up & see my these, designs printed from acid-incised metal plates
etchings
Rebecca
|
DD
$3,000
[18]
Magazines were once differentiated as either shiny "slicks" or these, cheaply made with rough wood
pulp
Prasad
|
$1,000
[19]
In "The Chronicles of Narnia", Jadisalso has this alliterative moniker
White Witch
Prasad
|
$1,000
[2]
(Glen Powell presents the clue.) Playing with 14 NFL teams starting in 2008, Josh Johnsongot a lot more than two chances; too bad Josh didn't play in Seattle with his cousin, this back known as "Beast Mode", who's now acting--maybe Chad Powers could hand-off to him someday
Lynch
Zach
|
| SCIENCE & NATURE | A WORLD OF MOUNTAINS | I MARRIED MY CO-STAR | NEAR & FAR PHRASES | CAVEAT | MENTOR |
|
$400
[28]
These fish of the Amazon are less ferocious in real life than in the movies & some are even vegetarians
piranhas
Rebecca
|
$400
[3]
Where Europe & Asia meet, the Caucasus Mountainsare found between these two large seas
the Black Sea & Caspian Sea
Zach
|
$400
[19]
He & Rachel Weisz formed a "Bond" as a married couple in the film "Dream House" in 2010 & married the following year
(Daniel) Craig
Zach
|
$400
[29]
Near:A narrow escape, or what Gillette promises
a close shave
Prasad
|
$400
[30]
Makes sense--a caution flag in NASCAR is this color, so slow down!
yellow
Rebecca
|
$400
[25]
On the passing of this Apple co-founder, Mark Zuckerberg thanked him "for being a mentor and a friend"
Jobs
Zach
|
|
$800
[23]
In the 10th edition of his "Systema Naturae" in 1758, he introduced binomial nomenclature for animals
Linnaeus
Zach
|
$800
[18]
Looking to go skiing in Africa? Try the city of Ifrane, often referred to as "Morocco's Switzerland", in these mountains
the Atlas Mountains
Prasad
|
$800
[15]
Anna Osceola had a small part in the final episode of "Mad Men", leading to her 2023 marriage to this star of the series
Hamm
Zach
|
$800
[7]
Near:A house 1 block east of Doheny Drive might be marketed as "Beverly Hills" this, from Latin for "to lie near"
adjacent
Prasad
|
$800
[27]
"All hope abandon ye who enter here" is a line from this 14th century work
Dante's Inferno ( Divine Comedy )
Prasad
|
$800
[26]
Thisimportant annual ritual of the Plains Indians that celebrated the celestial body involved the support of spiritual mentors
the Sun Dance
Zach
|
|
$1,200
[2]
You've got grace, you've got poise, you've got this narrow tube on a flower below the stigma
a style
Prasad
Rebecca
|
$1,200
[11]
The spine of Greece, the Pindus Mountains are a southeastern continuation of this mountain system, the largest in Europe
the Alps
Prasad
|
$1,200
[8]
Life imitates TV--on "Once Upon a Time", Ginnifer Goodwin was Snow White & Josh Dallaswas this love interest; they lived happily ever after
Prince Charming
Zach
|
$1,200
[6]
Far:MTV's first game show, it had categories spewed from the Zenith TV in Ken Ober's basement
Remote Control
|
$1,200
[13]
5 is the lowest alert level in this readiness system used by our military; 1 is the most dire
DEFCON
Prasad
|
$1,200
[24]
After a chance meeting in Rome, Father Michael van der Peet became a spiritual advisor to this "Saint of the Gutters"
Mother Teresa
Rebecca
|
|
$1,600
[1]
Subatomic particles called hadrons are made up of these, anti-these & gluons
quarks
Rebecca
|
$2,000
[17]
Part of the Amazon watershed, the Acaraí Mountains are shared by Brazil & this small English-speaking nation to the north
Guyana
Prasad
Zach
|
$1,600
[12]
An on-again, off-again couple on "That '70s Show" & in real life, she & Ashton Kutcher tied the knot in 2015
Kunis
Zach
|
$1,600
[5]
Far:You & I won't agree on much if there's this watery feature between us, such as the Saronic one
a gulf
|
DD
$2,000
[16]
Rattlesnakes warn us by shaking their tails; the sound is the motion of this fibrous stuff that makes up hair & nails
keratin
Zach
|
$1,600
[22]
Hecalled Gwendolyn Brooks' "A Street in Bronzeville" the biggest little $2 worth of intriguing reading found in bookshops
Langston Hughes
|
|
$2,000
[10]
Warm-blooded animals are described by this 11-letter adjective, meaning they generate & maintain their own body heat
endothermic
Zach
|
DD
$2,400
[4]
Found in Table Mountain National Park, Lion's Head & Lion's Rump are 2 peaks overlooking this coastal city
Cape Town, South Africa
Zach
|
$2,000
[14]
(Alan Ruck presents the clue.) I definitely found out that it's good for a TV & film actor to do a little theater when I met my wife, this luminous actress, as we co-starred in "Absurd Person Singular" on Broadway
Mireille Enos
|
$2,000
[9]
Near:This saying of the guy with property beside Robert Frost's ends the poem "Mending Wall"
Good fences make good neighbors
|
$2,000
[20]
Shakespeare used this word for the unnamed character who warned Julius Caesar, "Beware the Ides of March"
the soothsayer
|
$2,000
[21]
This Dutch-born scientist discovered a "belt" of small iceballs beyond Neptune & also discovered a smart kid named Carl Sagan
Kuiper
Zach
|
He was accused of killing William de Heselrig & also pled not guilty to being a traitor, saying he was never a subject of the King of England
(William) Wallace